You are in charge of the store in a large organization. You have been assigned the task of reducing the movement of materials and associated costs. Which of the following would you perform to eliminate cross overs, long distances and back tracking?

a.

Check for the availability of materials.

b.

Analyze the type of materials.

c.

Check for the scarcity of materials.

d.

Draw the flow chart to visualize the direction of materials movement.

Sunrise corporation's forecast sales for June were OMR 44,000. Actual sales for June totaled OMR 45,000. Using exponential smoothing constant of ( ) of 0.7, Sunrise's projected sales for July would be:

a.

43,300 OMR

b.

44,300 OMR

c.

44,700 OMR

d.

45,700 OMR

Which of the following statements is incorrect with regard to designing methods of layout?

a.

Load distance analysis is useful in comparing alternative layouts to identify the one with the least product or material travel time per period.

b.

Travel chart method shows the number of moves made between departments and identifies the most active departments.

c.

The layout with the highest load (load*distance) or total (load*cost) is the best choice.

d.

Travel Chart method is helpful in analyzing the overall flow of materials.